André Picard
@picardonhealth
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.
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An ode to independent Canadian bookstores. 📚 Forget Amazon. Go wander the aisles and browse the offerings at your favourite independent bookstore, by Marsha Lederman via Globe Books theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
The 2023 National Newspaper Awards, Canada’s top ‘print’ #journalism prizes, are being awarded tonight. Read the work of the The Globe and Mail’s 20 finalists here. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
'let’s not forget the role provinces & territories play in this institutional injustice.
It is their programs that condemn people with disabilities to poverty in the first place'
~ André Picard
#ChronicPain #bioethics #healthcare
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André Picard thank you for so clearly stating what decriminalization of drugs is and isn't #addiction theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
How ‘vampire facials’ at an unlicensed spa left three women with #HIV , by Fenit Nirappil via The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…
When it’s time for an #aging driver to hit the brakes. The ‘car keys conversation’ can be a difficult one, by Catherine Pearson via NYTimes Well NeglectedNoMore nytimes.com/2024/04/19/wel…
'Every sign is pointing to another summer of deadly smoke. And we need to start preparing now.'
Thanks Nicole Ireland for interviewing me about Carter's Project.
We must prevent more deaths by:
⬆️ wildfire smoke protection
⬇️ fossil fuel use
@CAPE-ACME
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Homeless hospital patients stay twice as long at double the cost, by Lauren Pelley via CBC News: The National CIHI_ICIS #homelessness #sdoh cbc.ca/player/play/vi…
Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation information, by Lyndsay Armstrong via The Globe and Mail Global Climate and Health Alliance #ClimateChange theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
The Globe and Mail receives 21 nominations for Digital Publishing Awards, by Jenna Legge via The Globe and Mail #journalism theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Alberta to fill primary health care gaps with $15-million nurse practitioners program that will pay NPs up to 80% off what doctors earn, by Alanna Smith via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals. MSF International calls for transparency after bill for trial of #TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharma, by sarahboseley theguardian.com/global-develop… via The Guardian #GlobalHealth
The B.C. government sought #decriminalization of drugs four years ago but seems to not have prepared for the consequences, especially on hospitals, by VaughnPalmer
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As the #ToxicDrugCrisis grows, a generation of children are losing their parents. Their grief and trauma are profound, and they're pushing for change, by loriculbert vancouversun.com/health/overdos… via The Vancouver Sun
A new hip in 4 weeks instead of months: These Toronto doctors' plan to cut surgical wait times is seeing results, by Megan Ogilvie Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/a-… via @torontostar #CanadaWAITS